(From left) Shuktara Das, Research Director, Institutional Effectiveness; Jeslin Mathew, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies; Meredith Frank, Communication Studies Assistant Professor; Bridget Haines-Frank, Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness; and Matthew Kilbride, Academic Technologies Innovation Specialist. The League for Innovation in the Community College presented a 2024-2025 Innovation of the Year Award to Montgomery County Community College in recognition of its Virtual Reality for Public Speaking Skills project. Photo by Diane VanDyke. (Credit: MCCC).

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June 12, 2025

Montgomery County Community College Virtual Reality Public Speaking project named international Innovation of the Year

The software allows students to practice and record speeches in authentic virtual environments, such as classrooms or conference stages